The quickly approaching new school year serves as an opportunity to remind students and parents of legislation recently passed in Florida, which bans cellphone use for elementary and middle school ...

The ban takes effect in 30 days, after the school board works to clarify and fine-tune some of the language to allow teachers discretion when electronics are needed for classwork.

Every district must be device free when the school bell rings. Gardner Dickinson school in Wynantskill is taking a different approach to the cell phone ban.

This year, a new state law takes effect restricting phones at all grade levels. In Martin County, the school district already implemented a strict policy one year ago.

Schools across New York settle down on cell phone policies as statewide ban takes effect in September.